We use UV lights to sanitize medical equipment already. I’ve heard of some offices implementing some UV solutions for cleaning desks and other office surfaces, but nothing new since. Why aren’t we using it in more places? It seems to me to be a cost effective, chemical free, generally *easy* way to disinfect surfaces and objects.
Some examples I thought of would be inside of a refrigerator. These can be full of germs if not properly and regularly cleaned (which many people don’t do) so why not have a UV bulb in there that turns on for a few seconds after the doors close? Or even a cycle that can be scheduled to run each night?
Another would be under cabinet lights in a kitchen. Kitchen counters can be notorious bacteria breeding grounds (the vast majority of food poising cases come from within your own home after all) so why not have some UV light strips underneath that could annihilate all the bacteria automatically?
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UV light can cause burns and skin cancer. It distrupts all sorts of cells, both those of germs and those of our bodies. Large doses of UV light should only be used in human-free areas or in controlled environment by specialists. I remember one case when unattended UV light source at hospital caused heavy burns to someone (they didn’t see device was working – it did not emit visible light).
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